Word: messiah
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Also, we need to stop killing other people's messiahs. O.K., it was actually the Romans who killed Jesus, but we were there. And even if it had been us, you'd think the Catholics would thank us, since otherwise they'd have churches today full of statues of a bald old guy clutching his heart in hospice care, and who's showing up every Sunday for that? But still, it's better if we stay far away from any messiahs. Even if a guy clearly isn't the Messiah but is just saying he is--walk away. There...
Hallelujah! The Messiah is coming!—to Sanders Theatre. As part of the weekend-long Arts First festival, the three Holden Choirs will combine to perform George Frederic Handel’s famous work. The performance also marks a unique collaboration between the three choirs: the all-male Glee Club, all-female Radcliffe Choral Society, and the mixed Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum. Throughout the year, each chorus conducts its own concert series under the masterful baton of Director of Choral Activities and Senior Lecturer on Music Jameson Marvin. The Holden Choirs, named after the chapel in which they...
...arriving at the threshold of nuclear weaponry is such a signal historical moment. It is not just that its President says crazy things about the Holocaust. It is that he is a fervent believer in the imminent reappearance of the 12th Imam, Shi'ism's version of the Messiah. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been reported as saying in official meetings that the end of history is only two or three years away. He reportedly told an associate that on the podium of the General Assembly last September, he felt a halo around him and for "those 27 or 28 minutes...
...year-old heart is as strong as ever. During the Republican Convention some years ago, the soon-to-be Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commented that his wife refused him sex for two weeks following his public endorsement of Bush. Well, Italian charm proves itself once more: Messiah Berlusconi promised to abstain from carnal relationships till the April elections. For the record, that is over two months of Catholic abstinence. That pledge might surprise his wife Veronica, but at least she has love songs to make up for it. Former American President Clinton clearly could not multitask, as he produced a jazz...
...imams, including the Mahdi, or Hidden Imam, who is believed to have disappeared in 878 into a tunnel directly under al-Askari. The two imams buried in the shrine were the Mahdi's father and grandfather. Most Shi'ites believe that the Mahdi will one day reappear as a messiah to bring justice to the world. That makes al-Askari one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites, exceeded in veneration only by the shrines of Najaf and Karbala. Even Samarra's Sunnis hold al-Askari in high esteem. The expression "to swear by the shrine" is routinely used...